Department of Social Welfare as here marked
highest budget to the various education programs for the welfare of schedule castes.

Department of Social Welfare is running have 14 women welfare centers where in the
children between 3 to 6 are admitted under fed with food at the rate of Rs. 1per child.The
organizer in welfare centers will equip the children to prepare themselves for school
going habits of a completion of 6 years of age.

Residential and Ashrama schools.

This district had 2 residential schools and 8
morarji Residential Scholls and 2 Kittur Rani Channamma Residential Schools SC/ST and down
proven and other O.B.Cwhose parents are
socially and economically poor and who are not in position to continue education are
admitted.In the children will be served with
food two meals and one Tiffen at the cost of Rs. 750/- per head, besides food students are
provided with clothing and bedding materials.The
children studying in 1stto 5thare abailable in Ashrama andResidentialSchool.The children studyingin 6th
to 10thare available in Murarji
Desai Residentialand Kittur RaniChennammaResidentialSchool.In murarjiResidential Schoolswhich are established in Kamanakere, Kadur Tq, HarandurKoppa Tq, Jodihochihalli Kadur Tq, Nandibattalu,
Tarikere Tq,Bidarahalli Mudigere Tq. Begar
Sringere Tq. Bikanahalli Chickmgalur Tq Bilekallahalli Chickmagalur Tq,meritorious student studyingfrom 6th to 10thare available.The food at the rate of Rs. 750/- Per head will be serve besides students
are provided clothing, bedding materials and other basic facilities.

Pre-metric
hostels

In Chickmagalur district there are 38 Pre-metric
hostels werein the students studying in 6th
to 10th standard are admittedin
these hostels.The boarding charges will Rs.
650/- per head and students will be given other facilities like clothing,stationery and bedding materials etc.,part time tutors will beadmitted to improve the educationallevel of the hostel inmates.

Post- metric hostels

Students
studying PUC and other higher education are admitted to these hostels.They are 16 post metric hostels.Messcharges
will be met out of Government of India Scholarships which where is depending upon the
course of studies.Mess charges for the post
metric hostels in Rs. 750/- per month.

EBL Charges

An EBL charge is only differences of amount claimed
in addition to G.O.I.S. Scholarships to meet the mess charges.

Price Money

SC Students who passed the following
examinations infirst class for the 1st
attempt will be sanctioned price money as noted below.

P.U.CRs. 750-00

Degree (B.a,B.sc and B.com etc.,)Rs.
1,000-00

Post GraduatesRs. 1,250-00

Professional Courses. Rs. 1,500-00

Book Bank Scheme

SC
Collage goingstudents are provided Book Bank
facilities as for thescheme Books would be
provided to the collage with the almera (Rs. 5,000-00 for books and Rs. 2,000/- for almera for ldue group of Sc
Students)

Employment & Training

Through Social Welfare Department, Employment and Training
Programs are provided as mentioned below.

1. Tailoring Training: There are Four
(4) centers in the district and the no. of trainees are 80. Stipend of Rs.
150/- p.m is being given to trainees.

2. Training for Law Graduates: There
are Law Graduates under gone training in the district. Stipend applied is Rs. 1000/- and
period of training is 4 years.

Other Socio-Economic Programmes:

a)Removal
of un-touchability: As per the article17 of
the constitution practiceof un- touchability
in any form is banned.But howener, in
practice un- touchability still exists especially in rural areas.In addition to the variousmeasures taken for the removalof un-touchability by the government-through
publicity, educational schemes,organization
of special programs- In order to create social harmony and to reduce the social distrance
between the different castes, the inter caste marriages have been encouraged by the
governmentof Karnataka.Either ofthe
party being S.C person and the other another caste HINDU:and a scheme if financialassistance
to victims of atrocities.

Financial
Assistance to inter Caste Married Couple is Rs. 50,000. (Rs. 25,000-00 cash and Rs.
25,000-00 in the form of N.S.C) During the year 2009-10 25.20 Lakhs were sanctioned to 109
inter cast married couples.

Financial
Assistance to Victims of Atrocity on S.C/S.Tby
other Rs. 2 lakes compensation is admissible for the death Victims of the atrocities by
the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district depending up on the nature of loss
sustained.During the year 2009-10Rs. 6.86 LakhWere
spent to the 54 atrocity victims.